UPSC Prelims 2015 – Question 53

53.Amnesty International is

1. a) an agency of the United Nations to helprefugees of civil wars
2. b) a global Human Rights Movement
3. c) a non-governmental voluntary organization tohelp very poor people
4. d) an inter-governmental agency to cater tomedical emergencies in war-ravaged regions

The correct answer is Option 2. 

• Amnesty International 
• It is a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights. 
• It was established in July 1961 and was founded by Peter Benenson.  
• Campaigning for “a society in which every individual enjoys all of the human rights recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments” is the organization’s stated aim. Hence, Option 2 is correct. 
• More than 7 million people worldwide participate in Amnesty International because they find injustice to be personally offensive. 
• The group received the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for “defending human dignity against torture.” 

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